JCrew Sketching

I love JCrew...so why not sketch the catalogue for practice.



Just a few pictures....

This week was my baby's birthday...26!  I thought I would post one of the gifts I made her here:

I followed this tutorial, http://jensownroad.blogspot.com/2011/03/painted-rain-boots.html

I also wanted to share the lovely cake her older sister made her...

Isn't Pinterest a marvelous place???



Easter projects

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter.  I was busy up to the last moment making the girls' rabbits and baskets.  Here's a peak.....

Olivia's has the body of the Mimi Kirchner pattern on Purl Bee and then I just winged the head....

I felt a little like the movie, Coraline.

Lily's needed to be something that could go straight into her mouth....and it did.

I made the baskets from grocery bags and then cascarones from our eggs!!

Every holiday fiesta should have a little confetti!

And in the background, homemade chocolate covered marshmallows and....

this carrot garden cake.  I made it all the time when my kids were little.  What a joy to bring it back for our grand kids.  A considerable amount of work but well worth it!







Spring On-line magazines

Finally, a lazy day to read what's been waiting for me in my in box.....here are just some of the lovely new spring issues......

                                             Styled, packed with spring crafts and recipes....
                                                     

Find Sweet Paul here for great Easter ideas and recipes....

Covet Garden for decorating ideas.....

Matchbook, fashion and  lifestyle......

Paper Mache, a very cute children's magazine 

And last but certainly not least, Toast catalogues, that are as good as a magazine!

Happy browsing!

Baby boomers and style

This morning on the Today show they did a story about how baby boomers are defining style.

Meet 90 year-old Iris Apfel, the new face of MAC.  Truly a woman with style. 

The two other guests in the segment were Donnie Deutch, an expert on media, and Valerie Ramsey; a gorgeous 72 year old model and author of Gracefully: Looking and Being your Best at any Age. 

But, another name for this post could be: "one of these things is not  like the other, one of these things just doesn't belong. 

Yesterday while shopping with my daughters we noticed a girl following us around on the street.  She stopped us and asked if she could interview me for her column, Style Scout, in the Lawrence Journal World:

http://www.lawrence.com/news/2012/mar/15/style-scout-lisa-jewell/

Clearly a misfit, and such a silly coincidence.  I can only hope and pray that I look as fantastic as these two women do when I am their age.  Pretty good role models I think!

Sewing gifts for grandbabies

I needed a shower gift for our first grandson; and I needed a birthday gift for our first granddaughter who turned four yesterday.  It would figure that both parties were on the same weekend, leading to a month of sewing and knitting.

Daddy of baby boy may be an air traffic controller, but deep down he wants to be a film maker.  That and the fact that they just moved to California made me think of a movie themed crib quilt.....

And something seen and copied from Pinterest, I knitted him a little football sleep sack.....

And for the four-year-old who really only appreciates things pink, I made her a pink dream book she can literally get between the pages of.....

It was intense, but I survived, sort of. 

Seeing Barbie in Art

About 8 years ago I saw a Tippi Hedren doll from the movie The Birds in a catalogue.  I loved her, and being me I decided rather than buying one I would make her myself. 

my version of Tippi Hedron in the Birds

So imagine my delight when I stumbled across the work of french artist, Jocelyne Grivaud.

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Gallery link here http://www.barbiemamuse.com/barbie_ga_vogue.php